Scottish Water has announced it is to begin a £1.6 million project to reduce flooding in Milnathort.

The company is continuing to work with partners in an effort to reduce the impact of flooding across Scotland.

Essential upgrade work has been identified to the sewer network in New Road and South Street in Milnathort to help alleviate local flooding issues.

Andy Ducat, Project Manager, Scottish Water, said: "We need to increase the capacity of our sewer network so it can hold more water during times of heavy rainfall. This will benefit our customers by helping prevent long term sewer flooding issues in Milnathort.

"To do this we will build two new underground chambers and two new overflow outfalls to the Fochy burn. One chamber will be next to the Cross roundabout and the second in land behind New Road. The two new overflow outfalls will be within the private land close to the new chambers. 

"Our alliance partner amey Black & Veatch (aBV) will be carrying out this work on our behalf.  The main construction work will take place in the village from the beginning of August until mid-December. Lesser Electrical and Mechanical installation will be completed by the end of February 2016."


The work will be carried out in three phases.

The first phase began on 3 August and is expected to take approximately four to six weeks.

It involves the development of the two new outfalls to the Fochy burn located to the north edge of Burleigh Golf Course, with one being located in private ground behind South Street and the other in private ground behind New Road.

The plan is to build the outfalls to the burn and complete phase one before the spawning season for fish starts to ensure Scottish Water does not affect their environment.

Phase two will commence the week beginning 7 September and is expected to take approximately 14 weeks.

This phase of work involves construction of new underground chambers at the south east corner of the Cross Roundabout and in New Road. Two new manholes will be constructed in New Road and South Street to connect the chambers into the sewer network.

A combination of temporary traffic lights and road closures are required to control the traffic while the work is underway on South Street and New Road.

Scottish Water stated New Road is required to be closed for three weeks to develop a new manhole onto the existing sewer, while a separate closure is also needed on South Street for similar work.

The final phase of work will install electrical and mechanical equipment which will carried out following the Christmas holiday break. These dates may be subject to change depending on progress.

Scottish Water has invested heavily in Perth & Kinross since forming in 2002.

A total of £111 million has been spent to improve water and waste water services across the region, and in the 2010-2015 investment period there is still a further £8.5 million to be invested.

(LM)